Wednesday October 23rd 2013
Denmark 2012  138 minutes
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Folsgaard, Alicia Vikander

What has been called ‘the most dramatic love story in Denmark’s history’ is relatively unknown outside that country. Princess Caroline Mathilde, the younger sister of King George III, is despatched to Denmark to marry her suitor, King Christian VII of Denmark. The King’s childish and unstable behaviour gets worse over the years and a German doctor (Johann Friedrich Struensee) is engaged to help. He wins the King’s trust but also starts a passionate love affair with the Queen. The story unfolds at the time the first steps of the Enlightenment movement were being taken, paving the way for radical change in Europe.